i was looking through the ads in this morning’s scintillating paper, and the Meijer ad was all about END OF SEASON CLEARANCE. stuff like plants and trellises and lawn furniture BECAUSE NOW IT’S THE END OF THE SEASON???!!!
it’s only the third week of june. there is PLENTY of summer ahead of us. PLENTY.
IT IS NOT THE END OF THE SEASON.
but i’m sure that next week’s ads will include NEW FALL FASHIONS and BACK TO SCHOOL SPECIALS. and the week after that they’ll be selling halloween candy, and the following week, CHRISTMAS SPECIALS.
last night we went to see the musical HAIRSPRAY at the Little Theatre on the Square in Sullivan Illinois, and it was GREAT. FANTASTIC. WE ALL LOVED IT.
it was refreshing to see a show that was just plain good. the songs were all good, it was a great production, there was nothing to complain about at all.
well, the dinner beforehand wasn’t so great. we went to a place in sullivan called “jibby’s,” because the woman at the little theater said it was the best place to go. DOES THAT MEAN THE OTHER PLACES ARE WORSE THAN JIBBY’S? we started our meal with fried stuff, which i didn’t partake of because i’m still sick. but there were fried onion rings and fried CREAMED CORN. fried creamed corn? i would have tried it if i hadn’t been sick, just because it’s such an odd thought. everybody else had some and they said it was bad. i had lukewarm ravioli that i’m pretty sure was frozen, kevin and mom had very gummy vegetable lasagne, randy had a pork chop that wasn’t completely terrible but boy he hated the blue cheese dressing. amy had french onion soup and i know she didn’t like it but i couldn’t ascertain what was wrong with it because she was sitting down at the other end of the table. jim had spaghetti that probably came from the same place as my ravioli.
the restaurant was PACKED with people, so maybe it is, indeed, the best place in sullivan. very sad. maybe people in sullivan have no taste buds.
did i mention that I LOVED THE PLAY? it’s coming to the sangamon auditorium in september and i’d love to see it again.
the amazing thing about the little theatre on the S. is that it’s sort of like seeing a professional show on a high school stage. the theater is small and so is the stage but there wasn’t a bad performer on it. the dancing was phenomenal, the singing, great, and the orchestra really great.
i wish you could go see it, but tonight is the last night. but go see something else there, i’m sure the other shows will be good, too. except i can’t imagine that they could be as good as hairspray. it made me forget about being sick and the fact that maybe i’ll continue to be sick this week even though i have many things i need to accomplish.
hopefully i’ll be well enough to go out and shop for christmas specials.
ok then,
grace.